he informal opening of the Fifth Domestic Industrial Exhibition at Osaka took place on the Ist inst. at 10.a.m. in the Presence of some 150 persons, including Mr, Takasaki, Govern-r of Osaka prefecture, the Exhibition Commissioners of Canada, the United states, and various other foreign countries, a number of the Exhibition judges, and others. "The cere-many was begun with a speech by Baron Hirota, Vice-President of the Exhibiti Affairs, who said that over 324,000 exhibits had been sent in from all parts of the Empire, the number being twice as larg that at the previous exhibition, and the foreign sample hall established this time is filled with exhibits from fourteen "countries abroad. It is said that, owing to the death of the late Prince natsu, the ceremony was very simple and came to an end at noon, when the exhibition buildings, with the exception of a few, were thrown open to the public, Iw mense crowds of people then made their way intuy the main entrance of the exhibition buildings It appears that all the arrangements have not yet been satisfactorily completed, so that the only halls opened on the Ist inst. were the agricultural, the fishery, the forestry, the foreign samples, the tnachinery, and the transportation halls. It will thus be some time before all the buildings will have been opened to public inspection. On the evening of that day all the halls presented a brilliant sight, being illuminated by electric lights. It may be added that, after the conclusion of the ceremony, Baron Hirota proceeded to Sakai, where he conducted the opening of the aquarium there.—Japan Times.
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